re: Obama's CDC study on Firearms.

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In classifying them..for sale. Sure.

You guys are on a thin branch when you say the largest seller of firearms by volume in the US can't be relied on to properly classify said firearms.

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Palmetto State Armory just classified all their AR-15s as "hunting rifles."

Now what?

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Well this doesn't really do anything to reduce gun violence now does it>

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Researching the causes and ways to prevent gun violence would certainly have an impact on gun violence over time.

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We have this.

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We do not.

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So you're not for compromise I take it?

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"Universal" is one of those words that means something in English...do you speak English?

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What's wrong with shall issue laws?

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As already explained, it allows Republicans to underfund the NICS so as to make it inoperable. If you're flagged but not outright denied and you can still be sold a gun because that's how Republicans want it, that's not a very useful system.

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Infringement on the 2nd. And a pretty blatant one.

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This is in no way an infringement on your right to bear arms.

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This means what exactly?

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Again..English, do you speak it?

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What makes a hunting rifle a hunting rifle? Details please.

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This is what sparked all the foolishness about classification. I said it's best to defer to those who know these weapons best - the large volume sellers. I'll defer to them.

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What impact would this have had on any of the previous mass shootings?

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What possessed you to think the only goal was to prevent mass shootings? We have an everyday shooting epidemic here.

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Ditto.

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Specifically these might have allowed Florida police to confiscate Cruz's weapons, etc. Again, goal isn't to only prevent mass shootings.

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So why are Mini-14s good, but AR-15s not?

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Didn't learn Latin either, did you? "e.g." means something there

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And if I can do the exact same thing using rubber bands and a youtube video?

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The goal is to add more hurdles - you can never stop every madman from doing every crazy thing that might enter into his head. What you can do is make it harder for him to carry out an act that will harm others.

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No, I'm one of those "use the best sources" types.

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I'm gonna take Merriam-Webster as a better source for definitions of English words than whatever's rattling around in your brain after 3 whiskeys tonight.

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All of my degrees came from schools that are better than the trash school that gave you a medical degree.

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You have not the slightest clue where I went to med school. You know, some people don't commit academic incest...

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"Universal" is one of those words that means something in English...do you speak English?

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You missed a valuable lesson in life young lady.

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I'm gonna take Merriam-Webster as a better source

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Of course. You also thought it was a good idea to jump straight into a Wikipedia copy/paste.

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You have not the slightest clue where I went to med school. 

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That's completely irrelevant to what I posted.

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They're not the largest volume seller in the country. Luckily for me.

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What if they are the largest AR dealer...

Explain vehicle registrations to everyone again.

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We do not.

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I don't have to pass a background check when I purchase a firearm?

Odd...then what was that I had to pass when I bought my last firearm?

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"Universal" is one of those words that means something in English...do you speak English?

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It's universal. All people buying a weapon from a FFL dealer have to pass one.

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As already explained, it allows Republicans to underfund the NICS so as to make it inoperable.

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This doesn't address shall issue laws in any way.

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If you're flagged but not outright denied and you can still be sold a gun because that's how Republicans want it, that's not a very useful system.

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If you're not denied, what's the problem?

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This is in no way an infringement on your right to bear arms.

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I say I don't want to have my weapons registered. What now? "You can't own one."

Ya, that's pretty much the definition of "shall not be infringed."

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Again..English, do you speak it?

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That isn't an explanation.

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This is what sparked all the foolishness about classification. I said it's best to defer to those who know these weapons best - the large volume sellers. I'll defer to them.

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PSA is a large volume seller. AR-15s are hunting rifles to them. Problem solved!

Also, you could just say "I don't know jack shite about firearms."

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What possessed you to think the only goal was to prevent mass shootings? We have an everyday shooting epidemic here.

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So then you're form the banning of all semi-automatic weapons right?

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Didn't learn Latin either, did you? "e.g." means something there

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You didn't answer my question.

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The goal is to add more hurdles -

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Rubber bands and youtube isn't much of a hurdle.

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(which for freaking ABS plastic, would be pretty amazing to me)

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Why? The Lower receiver takes little punishment. It is the piece that joins all parts of the rifle together. The upper receiver is the part that takes all the punishment.

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They're not the largest volume seller in the country. Luckily for me.

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How large of a volume seller does one have to be to have the authority to define types of weapon?

Volume of sales please. By weapon.

ETA: Damnit wickowick Centinel'd me